Professor Dan Smith daniel.smith2@durham.ac.uk
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Working memory enhances target detection in the blind hemifield
Smith, Daniel T.; Lane, Alison R.
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Dr Alison Lane a.r.lane@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Abstract
Visual perception can be influenced by the content of working memory. Previous studies have shown this influence can be enough to improve unconscious visual discrimination in healthy participants and conscious visual discrimination in neuropsychological patients with extinction. Here, these findings are extended by examining the effects of holding an object in working memory on unconscious visual perception in a person with hemianopia. The results revealed significantly enhanced detection accuracy when there was an exact match between the colour and orientation of the discrimination target and the item in working memory. However, the facilitatory effect was greatly reduced when only colour or orientation was matched with the item being held in memory. A control experiment confirmed these effects were not due to visual priming. These results are consistent with the proposal that working memory guided perceptual facilitation is driven by signal enhancement. More broadly, the data are interpreted in terms of a biased competition account of visual perception.
Citation
Smith, D. T., & Lane, A. R. (2016). Working memory enhances target detection in the blind hemifield. Visual Cognition, 25(1-3), 4-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2016.1244137
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Aug 31, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | Nov 9, 2016 |
Publication Date | Nov 9, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Sep 28, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 9, 2017 |
Journal | Visual Cognition |
Print ISSN | 1350-6285 |
Electronic ISSN | 1464-0716 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 25 |
Issue | 1-3 |
Pages | 4-9 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2016.1244137 |
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Visual Cognition on 09/11/2016, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2016.1244137.
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